Open Management Engine?
I don't know what these management processors are supposed to do, but presumably it is useful when you have another half dozen or so processors clamouring for attention and all mixed up with some proprietary tweaks. For example I can imagine an ARM chip having say seven 64-bit cores and a 16-bit ARM ME.
Rather than make a management-free multi-core chip, it might be better to open up the management subsystem with a published specification and accessible UI/utilities in its own right. One obvious feature would be to patch its firmware with code you trust. You are then back in control.
I don't see how else Intel can put the genie back in the bottle. But hey, do they care?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
